Example sentences of "there [is] [adv] [pron] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , you see , I think it 's such a masterpiece in itself , that there 's just nothing to be done . |
| 2 | There 's always one to be heard somewhere during the summer — in the piazza in front of the art gallery and Town Hall or in a park . |
| 3 | There 's absolutely nothing to be ashamed of , and the very fact that you 've confronted your fears , faced up to your problem and sough help on your own initiative shows that you 're strong enough to make a full recovery . |
| 4 | " You 're sure , then , that there 's really something to be afraid of ? " |
| 5 | ‘ There 's really nothing to be concerned about . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It feels very good ; I could become euphoric ; but there 's still everything to be fought for . |
| 7 | There is probably nothing to be done about people , he thought , nothing at all , nor ever has been : processed , from the cradle to the grave . |
| 8 | ‘ There is n't anything to be done about it now . |
| 9 | There is always something to be learned from a knowledgeable local instructor , and a flight is far more valuable than just a site briefing . |
| 10 | With the domestic revolution of the past three decades , our family emotions have certainly thawed , but there is still something to be said for resisting the tendency to involve children in every aspect of the parental life . |
| 11 | It may well be that they 're doing it , with er other ways of doing it and er that 's , that 's discussion , but I do actually think that there is sometimes something to be said , and I think a group can say it more easily than individual , is if you want something done , do it , but do n't come along and complain . |
| 12 | There is perhaps something to be said for the continued use of the term student from the motives that led the Greeks to call the Furies the Eumenides , " the kindly ones ' , in the hope that the use of a flattering name might induce them to live up to it . |